May 21, 2010

National Bike/Walk to Work Day

6th Annual Upper Valley event.

Plan to be part of this Green event!

Ten Breakfasts to choose from.

Drawings

A chance to help make this our greatest reduction

in mileage and CO2 savings yet!

2010 Co-Organizers in the Upper Valley including Claremont region:

Upper Valley Rideshare-- 802-295-1824 x208

Upper Valley Trails Alliance -- 802-649-9075

City of Claremont -- 603-542-7026 x1008

ON-going 2010 Challanege

for Bikers, walkers, carpoolers and transit riders.

May 17- June 25, 2010

NH Commute Green Challenge

Statewide Challenge.

Bike, Walk, Carpool, Ride Transit or any other non-car* commute

to be part of this Green event and part of the

drawing for a weekend stay at the Mt. Washington Hotel!

PAST EVENT RESULTS

2009 National Bike/Walk to Work Day event:

8 breakfast locations

225 people participated

18 prize drawings

Magnificent weather!

Thank you all for participating. Think Green Commutes!

2008 National Bike/Walk to Work Day

302 Less Cars in One Day make a Big Difference!

With the beautiful weather and high gas prices, we saw a 150% increase

in participation last year at the 4th annual BW2W Day event.

302 Commuter Participants from 63 Employers - 30 Sponsors

11 Bike and Walk Groups - More than 300 pairs of socks and 9 Breakfasts:

DHMC: 30 people saved 300 SOV miles and 260#s Co2

Hanover: 132 people saved 1,735 miles and 1,540#s Co2

Hartford: 32 people saved 471 miles and 420#s Co2

Hypertherm: 14 people saved 271 miles and 240#s Co2

Independent Commuters: 7 people saved 46 miles and 40#s Co2

Lebanon Food Co-op: 24 people saved 511 miles and 460#s Co2

Lebanon Green: 45 people saved 684 miles and 600#s Co2

Springfield Hospital : 40 people saved 96 miles and 80#s Co2

VA Hospital: 3 people saved 45 miles and 40#s Co2

West Lebanon: 7 people saved 34 miles and 40#s Co2

Total... 302 Commuters left their car at home for ONE DAY and

SAVED 4,193 miles and 1.86 Tons of Co2.

Thank you All!

2008 Co-Organizers:

Upper Valley Rideshare & Upper Valley Trails Alliance

NEW NH & VT BIKE MAPS!

Check out these links for local bike maps:

New Hampshire: http://www.nh.gov/dot/nhbikeped/maps.htm

Southeastern Vermont online maps: http://www.rpc.windham.vt.us/bikemap/

Additional "Bike/Walk to Work" Event information

For additional information on New Hampshire events please check:

www.BWANH.org  or www.walknh.org 

(Information updated 5/14/10)